Support #291
closedUSOC cross-section household weight for BHPS sample: wave 3
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I'm looking for the BHPS-sample cross-sectional household weight (n_hhdenbh_xw) for USOC wave 3. It is available in wave 2 but I can't find it in wave 2. Does it exist? If not, is it possible to derive it?
Many thanks,
Alex
Updated by Olena Kaminska about 10 years ago
Alex,
Yes, this is right - we do not provide BHPS only cross-sectional weights starting with wave 3. This is because statistically you are much better off using full sample (GPS + EMBOOST + BHPS) for any cross-sectional analysis. If you are doing pooled analysis, remember to scale the weights.
Hope this helps,
Olena
Updated by Redmine Admin about 10 years ago
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Updated by Redmine Admin about 10 years ago
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Updated by Alex Hurrell about 10 years ago
Thanks for your reply.
What I need to do is to create weighted gross income deciles for the BHPS sub-sample in UKHLS waves 2 and 3, that are comparable with those that I can derive in the BHPS using the UK cross-sectional weights. My worry is that I cannot do this accurately for UKHLS wave 3 unless I have n_hhdenbh_xw. Is my understanding correct, or is there way to work around this?
Also, please can you explain in what way I need to scale the weights for pooled analysis? By "pooled analysis" do you mean cross-sectional analysis of the GPS + EMBOOST + BHPS samples?
Many thanks,
Alex
Updated by Gundi Knies almost 9 years ago
- Assignee set to Olena Kaminska
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